Step Down, Let Me Come!

Chapter 40: Formation on Paper

Shen Tang was curious: “Is it encryption magic?”

[Viewed horizontally as ridges and sideways as peaks, the distance, and height are different].

She had seen it on Qi Shan’s scroll before, according to that, it was a highly confusing magic formation used by Yin people. The emphasis was put on the first part. If the opponent had too little experience and couldn’t figure out the knack for it, it could never be solved, it was LYB's favorite.

However, the breaking method was easy. 

The key point of breaking the formation laid in the second half of the sentence —I don’t know the true face of Lushan Mountain, because I am on this mountain. —If you could react in time, you only needed to increase your distance, take detours, and take care of your own ends, so as not to be swept away by the opponent. Then you would be able to see the true face of the Qing army battle formation.

Apart from this, there was also one easier and certain way – using absolute force to kill the enemy could also break the formation.

Qi Shan's expression turned grave: “It seems like that”. 

Shen Tang asked again: “How can we break it?”

Who knew, Qi Shan would ask instead: “How would I know?” 

He said that, but his gaze and expression said otherwise. Shen Tang choked: “Yuanliang, if you don’t know, then I don’t know even more. So, are we just going to watch helplessly?” 

It was impossible to watch helplessly. 

Qi Shan was also not so bored.

He looked at Shen Tang silently, the latter looked away.

A long time passed, and Shen Tang mumbled, her voice was a bit weak: “Yuanliang… I didn’t create trouble, right…” 

The silence continued in the room. 

Qi Shan didn’t say anything, she couldn’t help but think about it– she really didn’t expect to have such bad luck. She just walked out to earn some money and simply came across this trouble. She never imagined that the paper given by that man would contain a secret and that it would be an extremely rare encrypted language.

After thinking about it on her toes, she knew that she got involved in unknown troubles, and Qi Shan was so close to her that he might not be able to stay out of it.

However, Qi Shan deliberately concealed something…

Not well! (＃￣～￣＃)

“Whoops, can this be called trouble?”

Qi Shan opened his eyes, and the words that came out of his mouth surprised Shen Tang, he changed his expression from his usual laziness, now it showed a little sharpness.

He calmly tidied the paper and only left Shen Tang’s painting. He laughed: “I already knew that Xiao City got involved in an unsavory enterprise and I still dared to come. Naturally, I’m not afraid of this little trouble. I’m not fearful of entering the game, but not being able to find the door”. 

Speaking frankly, he came to look for trouble and not for peace and harmony. What happened to Shen Tang just played into his hands.

Sure enough, Young Master Shen was awesome. 

It was only the second day, and he already gave him such a big surprise!

“Youli, go to sleep early. Tomorrow you’ll hand the drawing over”. 

Shen Tang looked at Qi Shan frightened, she could only catch a glimpse of his living figure. She stood agape for a while without a word.

She cursed after a long while. 

“Damn!”

Wasn’t it great to know a lot?

 ＝“＝凸！

All of a sudden, she seemed to lose all of her strength.

Good, knowing a lot was amazing!

She leaned back, lying on her back on the wooden floor, with her eyes open, staring blankly at the beams above her head, lost in thought.

Toooo bad!

The inexplicable anger in her chest couldn't find an outlet. The more she thought, the more irritable and angry she became, and the cycle went on and on.

Finally, she exerted her waist, suddenly sitting. 

She caught her drawing. She didn’t have time to appreciate her work, rigidly staring at the white space on the paper. She closed her eyes and recalled Qi Shan’s recent actions, she condensed energy on her palm. The moment energy touched the paper, the surrounding environment changed from clear to blurred.

She felt like her consciousness broke into a very subtle “different space” – a vast and empty world, with yin and yang intervened – when she prepared to depart from this place, the space under her feet lighted up like a chessboard. A distinct silhouette appeared far away. 

Who was this?

As soon as Shen Tang had this thought, her body sank suddenly, her consciousness returned to her body, and the words appeared on the drawing paper in front of her.

[Viewed horizontally as a ridge and as a side as a peak]

“What’s the meaning of this…”
 

Shen Tang settled her mind and tried once again. 

After preparing her heart, that chessboard appeared once again, she unhurriedly looked at that shadow. With good eyesight, she could vaguely see that the black shadow was a tall and thin young man. His silhouette was similar to Qi Shan’s, but his disposition was a bit more desolated. 

His appearance was hidden in the dark. He didn’t say anything. He just looked at Shen Tang and raised his right hand, brandishing a folding fan. 

Shen Tang tensed up instantly and was about to draw out the loving mother's sword. Unexpectedly, a huge black disc condensed above the chessboard. Following the young man's movements, it fell down decisively with a “snap”.

Immediately after, with the bloodthirsty shouts, two majestic cities, one black and one white, rose on both sides of the chessboard. The two black and white seeds on the chessboard turned into thousands of small soldiers, fighting endlessly. Judging from the situation on the chessboard, the fighting had obviously entered a fierce stage, and the winner was about to be decided.

Shen Tang: “…”

What should she do now?

She blinked at a loss. Shen Tang tried to take a random step, and the young man on the opposite side followed closely. When the chess pieces landed, they turned into black figures and joined the fight. The white figures on Shen Tang's side were cut and scattered by the black figure's cavalry and turned into groups, isolated and helpless.

At this point, the result was needless to say.

After a few breaths, she suddenly opened her eyes, her face was switching between black, white, red, and blue. It took her a lot of time to resist the urge to lift the table.

This was really encryption magic. It should have a safe and a password. With the cracking magic sentence, it could be cracked, but who knew that the encrypted magic formation was already set for an endgame, and the other side was ready to break the game.

Shen Tang crossed her arms and stared at the picture.

Somewhat, it looked like she wanted to set this paper on fire.

The first time didn’t work out, so she tried it again.

Next door.

Qi Shan sensed the surge of Shen Tang's wenxin and paused, he lifted the brush, and the dripping ink smudged into a small ball on the paper.

When he regained his senses, he glanced at the drawing paper, frowned slightly and resisted the urge to change the paper. A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He had also drawn several Mixitu paintings before, either straightforward or implicit, both men and women. Even if he hadn't held a brush for a long time, and it felt a bit unfamiliar, after a while, he got back to his previous state and felt like a fish in water.

Until pavilion rooster’s sounded.

Qi Shan stretched his body and took the dried Mixitu painting. He prepared to give it to Shen Tang. — The person behind the scenes had an ulterior motive, so It didn’t matter how well he could paint, it was okay to just fool them. — He just pulled open the door, when he saw a familiar silhouette.  

“Young master Shen?”

Shen Tang really came. 

Qi Shan asked: “Why did you wake up so early today?”

Qi Shan passed her the drawing without much thought.

“This is a professional formation”. 

If Young Master Shen, a dabbler, could break the formation, he didn’t know how many wenxin users would cover their chests and vomit blood.

Shen Tang said: “Did you break the formation?”

Looking at Young Master Shen’s tired eyes, he knew that his last night was not good. His anger was so strong that even his wenxin was restless.

Not being able to break it was normal, so he was pretty collected.